Spyware – What Is It? Why Should You Care?

Article Index Spyware – What Is It? Why Should You Care? What Is It? Why Should I Care? What Can I Do? Page 2 of 4 Spyware: What Is It? By definition, a spyware virus includes a wide variety of virus, some of which are the good kind; some are relatively harmless in nature. For example some spyware programs are “documenters, or scribes” if you will. Their primary purpose is to keep a record of basic information on users’ activities. This can include such things as what websites and other actions you have taken over a period of time. This allows the program to target your IP address with advertisements (many of which are popups) that are related to the theme of the sites you frequent. Giving you what you want, based on where you visit on the internet is the general method for this type of spyware. Again, being a nuisance is the primary offense of this type of virus. << Prev - Next >>